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US presidential election 2024

Hunter Biden pleads guilty to US tax charges, avoiding pre-election trial

The son of the US president now faces up to 17 years in prison and up to US$450,000 in penalties.

The son of the US president now faces up to 17 years in prison and up to US$450,000 in penalties

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Trump says he’ll appoint Musk head of US efficiency commission if elected

6 Sep 2024 - 1:54AM

Chinese-Americans launch group backing Harris-Walz ticket

4 hours agovideocam

Trump pleads not guilty to revised US 2020 election indictment

The case had been delayed while Trump pursued his immunity claim and is virtually certain not to go to trial before the November 5 election.

5 Sep 2024 - 11:35PM

Protesters outside a hearing in Washington on Trump’s election interference case. Photo: AFP

In wake of charges against governor’s aide, Asian-Americans fear a backlash

Arrest of Linda Sun, ex-deputy chief of staff to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, for acting as an agent of Beijing raises concerns of reinforcing suspicions.

2 hours agovideocam

Putin backs Kamala Harris for US president, with wry smile

Putin often comments on political and social issues in the US, often in a mocking way.

5 Sep 2024 - 7:23PMvideocam

Trump says he won’t interrupt Harris during next week’s debate

The debate will take place in Pennsylvania, where the two nominees are in a pitched fight for the state’s working-class voters.

5 Sep 2024 - 4:06PMvideocam

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a town hall in Pennsylvania on September 4. Photo: EPA-EFE

Letters | Why Donald Trump has the upper hand over Kamala Harris

Readers discuss the US presidential contest, and former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping’s contributions.

5 Sep 2024 - 3:35PM

High-profile US Republican Liz Cheney says she will vote for Kamala Harris

The former US congresswoman and daughter of ex-VP Dick Cheney is a fierce Trump critic and chaired the House January 6 investigation

5 Sep 2024 - 7:33AM

US accuses Russia of using state media to meddle in 2024 presidential election

The US has charged two RT employees and seized of 32 internet domains that were used by the Kremlin to spread Russian propaganda.

5 Sep 2024 - 2:49PM

A bird flies past the Russian embassy in Washington in April 2021. Photo: AFP

Biden close to blocking Nippon Steel deal to buy US Steel, insiders say

US Steel warns that a failure of the US$14.9 billion acquisition will put thousands of American union jobs at risk.

5 Sep 2024 - 5:02AM

The US Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant in Pennsylvania. Photo: AP

Opinion | US Fed is really in the business of running a bubble economy

The Fed has been running a bubble economy for a long time. A rate cut would help asset prices to stay high, which is key to the US model.

4 Sep 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Opinion | US, China fracking boom is reshaping global energy sector but at what cost?

For all the well-publicised economic benefits of fracking, we can’t ignore the harm it does to the environment and public health.

4 Sep 2024 - 4:30PMvideocam

Trump’s lewd, crude, hyper-macho attitude is winning him the ‘manosphere’

Donald Trump is going all out for the macho vote in November’s US presidential election – and it’s working.

4 Sep 2024 - 2:54PM

A tattooed millennial cryptocurrency investor wears a Maga Boyz T-shirt during a Trump rally last month. Photo: AFP

China’s BYD pauses Mexico factory plans until after US election

Mexico could be a key production site for BYD, along with plants it is building or already operating in Brazil, Hungary, Turkey and Thailand.

4 Sep 2024 - 10:53AM

BYD electric cars wait to be loaded onto a ship at Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on February 8, 2024. Photo: AFP

Why a Japanese steelmaker’s bid for an American rival is a hot US election topic

The Japanese steelmaker’s US$15 billion bid for its American rival has become a hot-button issue in the US election race.

4 Sep 2024 - 12:27PMvideocam

My Take | Sullivan’s visit lays stress on need for ‘intense diplomacy’ in US-China ties

Both sides were keen to highlight the progress made, but Beijing also used the US national security adviser’s visit to set out its red lines.

3 Sep 2024 - 9:29PMvideocam

China-US climate talks to seek areas of ‘practical cooperation’

Climate envoys John Podesta and Liu Zhenmin are expected to discuss global emissions and climate-related funding for less wealthy nations.

3 Sep 2024 - 7:47PMvideocam

US climate envoy John Podesta (left) and his Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin will discuss “practical cooperation” during Podesta’s three-day trip to China this week. Photo: Reuters/Xinhua

Meet the stylist behind Kamala Harris’ effortlessly chic look, Leslie Fremar

Kamala Harris has hired celebrity stylist Leslie Fremar to take care of her wardrobe – reportedly crafting a ‘low-key chic look that doesn’t scream elite’ for the US presidential candidate

3 Sep 2024 - 7:00PM

‘On the sidelines’: Biden joins Harris for first rally since stepping aside

The pair hit the campaign trail together in Pennsylvania, one of a handful of states that will decide November’s election.

3 Sep 2024 - 1:04PM

Meet Tim Walz’s estranged older brother, Jeff – a Trump-supporting Republican

Tim Walz’s older brother Jeff has revealed he doesn’t agree with Kamala Harris and his brother’s politics, according to a series of damning Facebook comments made last week: here’s what we know

3 Sep 2024 - 6:00AM

Jeff and Tim Walz may look alike, but the Nebraska siblings’ political views couldn’t be more different. Photos: Jeff Walz/Facebook; @mngovernor/Instagram

Who is Martha-Ann Alito, and why is she at the centre of a flag controversy?

It started after her neighbours put up provocative yard signs following the 2020 US presidential election – she then flew the American flag upside down

3 Sep 2024 - 5:00AM

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife Martha-Ann, who has been in the news over controversial flags flown in their yard. Photo: AP Photo

Trump’s bobbleheads, pandas’ debut, ‘spy’ arrest: 7 stories you may have missed

How Asian-Americans see Harris’ nomination, illegal agent charges: highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in August 2024.

3 Sep 2024 - 9:23AM

Trump says he had ‘every right’ to interfere in 2020 US election

Trump, facing federal and state charges for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election, insists he had the right to interfere, citing legal defences.

2 Sep 2024 - 10:39PM

Will US and China be able to lower risks before the new president takes office?

Both sides will try to build on the momentum from US national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s visit, but may find they have limited room for manoeuvre.

3 Sep 2024 - 2:18PMvideocam

Opinion | US swing voters await Harris, Trump answers on big questions

The independent and centrist voters who will decide the US election want to hear real debates on policy, not hype and personal attacks.

2 Sep 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Democratic presidential candidate US Vice-President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, leave their campaign bus in Savannah, Georgia, on August 28. Photo: TNS

Opinion | Podesta’s China trip a chance for Biden to seal his climate legacy

For true leadership from the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters to be possible, the current bilateral dynamics need a reset.

1 Sep 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Who is Stephanie Grisham, the former White House official who turned on Donald Trump?

Known for her loyalty to the Trumps, often even holidaying with them, Grisham was the ex-president’s first senior staff member to resign after the 2021 Capitol attacks

1 Sep 2024 - 5:00AM

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US presidential election 2024

Latest news, updates, analysis and opinion about the 2024 US presidential election. The event had looked set to be a rematch between US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, but Biden's surprise departure from the race on July 21 led to current VP Kamala Harris accepting the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

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29 August, 2024